Ali Akbar Ahmadian

Ali Akbar Ahmadian
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
Assumed office
22 May 2023
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byAli Shamkhani
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
20 September 2022
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanSadeq Larijani

Ali Akbar Ahmadian is the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC),[1][2] a position to which he was appointed on 22 May 2023.[1][2]He is also the current member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2022.[3]

Biography

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Ahmadian was born in 1961.[4][5]

After a stint in the Iran-Iraq War Ahmadian served as Ali Shamkhani’s deputy commander in the IRGC Navy.[4]

Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi appointed him on 22 May 2023 to the position of Secretary of the SNSC.[1]

On 25 July 2023 Ahmadian met with Wang Yi.[6]

On 8 August 2023 Canada sanctioned Ahmadian.[7]

On 5 August 2024 Ahmadian met in Tehran with Sergei Shoigu, his Russian counterpart.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ayatollah Raisi appoints Dr Ali Akbar Ahmadian as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council". 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Who is Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Iran's new security chief?".
  3. ^ https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/irans-national-security-council-shuffle-signals-business-usual
  4. ^ a b "Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Dr. Ali Akbar Ahmadian".
  5. ^ "What is Iran's foreign policy path? Meet Ali Akbar Ahmadian | Responsible Statecraft".
  6. ^ "Wang Yi Meets with Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali-Akbar Ahmadian_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada".
  7. ^ "Canada sanctions Iran's new national security chief, six drone executives". 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Russian Security Council head arrives in Iran's capital Tehran".
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